In search of answers to Brand Vandalism
After working on Brand Vandalism for almost six-months the first draft is done. Now starts the tedious process of editing and rewrites before Steve Earl and I hand over the ...
Personal Stuff
Mucking about on the river
This weekend we created 25 origami boats, each with a small beacon, and set them afloat at night on a stretch of water at home near Northumberland. The results were ...
Qualifications key to improving status of public relations
The debate about skills in the UK public relations industry took another turn this week. Chameleon’s managing director Steve Loynes called out the PRCA for hiring PR Week hack Matt ...
Raising seed money with Kickstarter
I’m a big fan of Kickstarter, the funding network for creative projects. It’s packed with innovative, fun and ambitious projects, all waiting for financial support to get them off the ...
Thank you #somecomms. This one’s for Granddad Fred
A huge thanks to Don’t Panic, organisers of the UK Social Media Communication Awards, better known as #somecomms, for my Outstanding Contribution to Social Media award. I picked up the ...
Stephen Waddington appointed Digital and Social Media Director for Ketchum’s European Operations
Some very exciting personal news follows below and in The Drum, Gorkana, PR Week and The Holmes Report. More to follow when I start in December. Stephen Waddington Appointed Digital ...
Tyne View: a journey and a story in words and pictures by four Tynesiders
Storytelling as a means of engaging an audience with a brand comes and goes with corporate fashions. At the moment it is very much enjoying a renaissance aided by the ...
New blog
I was relatively late to blogging, not hitting publish on my first post until June 2006. But I learnt fast joining the growing community of practitioners in the UK such ...
